Blogante Headlines for Tuesday – October 16th, 2007

I have a problem. It is a good problem to have but it needs my attention. I am getting busier and busier by the day. My inbox is full of unread mail and many press releases. It seems to be easier and easier to get around a 100 posts a day. Many of these posts are so interesting, I can’t ignore them and so they become top stories or my picks. I haven’t even had time to work on the final phase of what I want to do with HispanicTips. Luckily, I have reached two of my three goals before the end of Hispanic Heritage Month as I wanted to do. I have surpassed 30,000 post and 2,000 subscribers to the newsletter (just today – under the wire) but the third still has to be met. That is my goal for this week. Being the entreprenuerial type I need to mention:

1. News Syndication – I haven’t pushed this enough but it has been there for years!
   On almost any subject HispanicTips’ coverage is the best and most comprehensive – nothing can compare, you know this. For example the Business news found at www.hispanictips.com/subject.php?subject=Business can’t be beat and with a little bit of web magic you can have it on your site for free. Give your readers a reason to come back to your site on a daily basis. I contacted both Latina Style and Latina magazines because, well have you seen their news sections! Lets empower those Latina sites with some good news.
2. CIMS – NEW!!!!!!!! IMPORTANT
   Just launched the Community Information Management System (CIMS) is a tool to help maintain information about, for or from Hispanic and Latinos. Think of it as a database to help people stay informed. It is the place to post your Hispanic related releases/info for free. This targets one of the largest issues I heard at the Congreso Latino and my own press release problem plus it has an event calendar, superb organization and it is free and easy to use. I just read yesterday that Ohio’s Hispanic Liason (or something like that had paid to have something like this created for $50 – ouch). Read all about at the site.
   **** Press Releases sent to my e-mail now have a slim chance of getting posted. Post it yourself at CIMS for free and there is a greater chance it will make into HispanicTips
3. Premium Press Releases $25
   While I want to help you get your news noticed, it simply isn’t alway possible due to time restraints. (Hence I created CIMS) Plus you must know that news releases are easily lost in the amount of information that I collect and present everyday (40-100 posts a day!) and while Google will certainly find your release if I post it, my daily engaged readers might not. This is why I now have Premium Press Releases for only $25 – affordable exposure to my unique audience – national exposure you can’t find elsewhere at this price.
4. Sponsortising (Sponsoring + Advertising = Sponsortising)
   I now offer CPM campaigns (cost per thousand impression starting at a penny an impression and lower)
   Affordable rates, variety of sizes and a national Hispanic audience! Support HispanicTips and help me so I can hire someone to help me!

Top Stories –» view: excerpts | section

Albert Armendariz Sr., LULAC’s 22nd President, Known For Being a Passionate Advocate of Civil Rights Dies

Robert Rodríguez Gets Engaged to Rose McGowan

Immigrant gardeners provide seed money for college scholarships – Bay Area Gardeners Foundation

Defending champion Lorena Ochoa cruised to her seventh LPGA title of the year with a four-shot victory at the women’s World Championship in California.

Cockfighting bust nets more than 5,000 birds, 50 arrests – San Diego

Police chiefs united in voice of reason (concerning immigration) – Phoenix

Match game hard on farmers – Immigration

Court refuses to throw out Farmers Branch lawsuit – Texas

Authorities consider how to enforce Oklahoma’s immigration law – (they are saying they don’t have enough money, training, etc)

My Picks (Tomás’ handpicked highlights) –» view: excerpts | section

Texas Valley Residents Count On Law that Predates U.S.-Mexico Border to Stop Border Fence (Latina Lista)

Ernesto “Che” Guevara helped destroy Cuba’s economy, including its key sugar industry, experts say.

Mexican film wins Chicago fest’s top prize – Carlos Reygadas’ “Silent Light”

Spanish Anthem to Get Words – (I had no idea it was wordless)

Maria Elena Salinas: Local, state immigration laws backfire

Blanco vs. Beckham

You’re Worth More If You Know How to Speak Spanish

Bogota mayor accuses police of racial profiling – (anti-immigration mayor caught hiring 2 undocumented changes tone)

Eye Openers –» view: excerpts | section

Mexican ex-prostitutes find home – One estimate says there are 3,000 prostitutes in Mexico City at any one time.

Fabian Nuñez: Not a ‘working class’ hero – Spending scandal puts to rest the notion of Mexican American politicians as ‘everyman.’

Time for the Cuban Five to be free

The numbers of Hispanic-Americans who have served in the nation’s major wars

Premium Press Releases

Libertad Bank Adds New Directors as Growth Accelerates – Doubles in size during first eight months of 2007

Kathy Cano-Murillo, “The Crafty Chica”, comes to LifetimeTV.com

Did You Know –» view: excerpts | section

Did You Know? In his ruling, Breyer chastised government officials for making a policy change with “massive ramifications” for employers without properly surveying the potential costs of compliance. (regarding the no-match enforcement rule)

Quotes –» view: excerpts | section

Oklahoma City Police Chief Bill Citty said that his department is “not going to enforce immigration laws,” saying it is the department’s opinion that “it’s a federal issue.”

“These raids are done mostly for symbolic purposes,” giving the appearance that government is cracking down on the hiring of illegal immigrants, said Juan Perea, a University of Florida law professor who specializes in immigration history. “Serious enforcement of the law would involve enforcing it against many employers all the time, and that doesn’t happen”

Election 2008 –» view: excerpts | section (Are you registered to vote? Will you vote? You really, really should.)

Presidential Candidates Flunk Spanish « Platicando

Voter Confronts McCain on Immigration

McCain commits to Univision Spanish-language debate, again

Former Denver mayor Pena pays call on Iowans for Obama

Blogante Business

Employers – Hispanic Marketing Q&A: Leveraging Spanish Bilingual Employees to Reach the Latino Home Buying Market – Employers from LatPro

Ernesto “Che” Guevara helped destroy Cuba’s economy, including its key sugar industry, experts say.

A strong performance in Latin America helps offset Citi’s declines in the United States. An in-depth look at the bank’s LatAm operations and outlook.

Mexican Court Clears Way for Miners to Form New Union

B.R. Guest Brings Dos Caminos to Las Vegas

The Spanish bank BBVA seeks to persuade investors it is on the right track

Spain’s Abengoa to build U.S. biomass ethanol plant in Kansas

Match game hard on farmers – Immigration

Madden 08 to Speak Spanish – Luis Castillo drafted as cover athlete for first major video game in Spanish.

Emilio Gonzalez Named Vice President – Strategic Alliances for Verizon

National Society of Hispanic MBAs Recognizes Outstanding Leaders with Brillante Award

Disney Scores Latin American Deals

AT&T unrolls new international wireless plan for calls to Mexico

Mega TV Appoints Veteran Television Executives to Support Growth and Expansion

Meredith will merge Hispanic magazines – Healthy Kids en Espanol and Ser Padres

LATINA Style Business Series Returns to Empower Latina Entrepreneurs in Chicago and Presents Adela Cepeda, President & CEO, AC Advisory, the ‘Latina Entrepreneur of the Year’

Viva (of Home Shopping Latino) Invited to Bush Speech for Free Trade

Latin Business Magazine Awards Gala Celebrates Contributions and Support of Latino Community

Tax preparer finds niche catering to area Hispanics – (Taco Taxes in Louisville, Kentucky)

Hispanic Latino Business Council supports Hispanic businesses in Louisville, Kentucky

Libertad Bank Adds New Directors as Growth Accelerates – Doubles in size during first eight months of 2007

¡Basta Ya! Leave this highly visible, growing & economical rewarding Industry if you do not like it!

Spanish wineries seek California savoir faire – ($133 million budget to promote viticulture)

Tennessee hopes growing Hispanic population will become tourists – (now advertising in Spanish papers)

Lindsay Lohan to Hit the Big Screen with Jaime Camil

Lucía Méndez Challenges Verónica Castro

Florinda Meza Gets Ticked at the Press

Pablo Montero Makes a Deal with Miami Court

Robert Rodríguez Gets Engaged to Rose McGowan

LALIFF’s opening night beckons an encounter with Ignacio Lopez Tarso – (I should have gone, my fault)

Eva Mendes owns her role in Hollywood

Mexican film wins Chicago fest’s top prize – Carlos Reygadas’ “Silent Light”

REYNOSO DENIES PROFITING FROM NOELIA TAPE – (somehow I don’t believe him)

Lopez’ gifts diminish as a live performer

Sí TV and Dailymotion Announce Agreement to Feature Latino Television Network’s Programming on Video Entertainment Site

Local filmmaker’s historic tale of Joaquin Murieta debuts – San Jose

Madden 08 to Speak Spanish – Luis Castillo drafted as cover athlete for first major video game in Spanish.

Disney Scores Latin American Deals

Yahoo! Launches Special Coverage of Los Premios MTV Latin America 2007

Bachata: Generations Apart and Together

Ricky Martin show marks rebirth of historic Miami venue

Lopez and Anthony throw a dance party at United Center – Chicago

Chayanne to resume tour in Argentina after bout of laryngitis

Chicano Music Public Service Announcement – LatinoLA

Los de Kudai desean seguir evolucionando

Concert Review: A Night with Latin Crooner Luis Miguel, Concord CA

Bandleader’s message: Mexican music universal

Avenida Acceso Team of Andres Levin and Dan Dzula Recognized with Grammy Nomination

• Mega TV Now Available Throughout The Entire Island of Puerto Rico
• Watch the sketcher en español at KUNS-TV Noticiero Noroeste – Seattle
• América TeVe and CaribeVisión Merge – Miami
• Ricardo Salinas Breaks Ground for What Will Be the Most Modern Television Studio in Latin America – Mexico City
• Brazil replaces Mexico as China’s top market in Latin America and boosts its surplus as well.
• Mega TV available island wide in Puerto Rico
• mun2 partners with Nacional Records for the U.S. television premiere of Manu Chao’s live concert in Bayonne, France entitiled, “Baionarena.” The one hour “mun2 Presents: Manu Chao” special airs Friday, November 27th at 12am midnight ET/PT, and repeats on Sunday November 29th 11pm ET/PT.
• LULAC has redesigned their website – (look much better imho – on a tech note there are a few RSS problems)
• Reviewed: Sin Patron: Stories From Argentina’s Worker-Run Factories, edited by Lavaca, 320 pages, Haymarket Books, 2007.
• As Senate preps for healthcare debate, petition gets underway to include undocumented immigrants
• LULAC is asking a judge to prevent Ohio state officials from canceling the registrations of more than 40,000 vehicles apparently driven by undocumented immigrants. – filed the lawsuit against state officials in Franklin County Common Pleas Court this morning.
• The mayor of a wealthy suburb (San Pedro Garza Garcia) of Monterrey said Monday that he has sent his family to the United States for their own safety as he pursues his campaign against extortion and kidnapping gangs.
• Expert: Juárez violence a ‘terrorist war’
• Mexican Mennonites Impacted by Drug Violence
• Texas Secretary of State Esperanza “Hope” Andrade was the keynote speaker at The National Society of Hispanic MBAs’ 11th Annual Gala on Nov. 5.
• Jose Garces Named Food Network’s Next Iron Chef
• Spanish-Language Service Now Available To Distributor’s Subs In Boston, Chicago, New York and Philadelphia – RCN to carry V-me
• An Inside Look at Over-the-top Quinceañeras – Latina coming-of-age parties on MTV Tr3s show “Quiero Mis Quinces” include celeb-filled guest lists
• Multiple Grammy Winner Alejandro Sanz in Concert Tonight Exclusively On DIRECTV’s The 101 Network
• The Quinceanera on MTV TR3s: Time for Lace and Taffeta